ADD/ADHD Information

Having Problems With A U.K. School?
Here Are Some Places To Get Help

The following is a list of useful organisations to help when you have a problem with a UK School. It may be that your child has been excluded or suspended, which is not unusual for an ADD/ADHD child, unfortunately. You may be having problems getting your school to administer medication or just to listen to you about how much help your child may need. Whatever the problem these organisations are there to help and in some cases, wave the big stick. If anyone knows of any other organisations which ought to be here, then let us know by clicking here.



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ACE - Advisory Centre for Education
Action Support For Special Needs Children
Alliance for Inclusive Education
Bullying Online
DfES - Department for Education and Skills
Enquire - Children In Scotland
Include - Charity tackling school exclusions
IPSEA - Independent Panel for Special Education Advice
KIDSCAPE
Local Government Ombudsman
NAGC - National Association of Gifted Children
NASEN - National Association of Special Educational Needs
National Portage Association
Network 81
Parents for Inclusion
SNAP Cymru
SPSC (Supportive Parents of Special Children)
Other Useful Web Addresses

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ACE - Advisory Centre for Education
1c Aberdeen Studios,
22 Highbury Grove,
London N5 2DQ.
Telephone: 0808 800 5793
Exclusions hotline number: 020 7704 9822

Web Address: http://www.ace-ed.org.uk/





Action Support For Special Needs Children
c/o 10 Stoney Willis,
Dunkirk,
Faversham. Kent, ME13 9TN
Telephone: 01227 760256
This is the Kent Branch. Contact them for your local office.





Alliance for Inclusive Education
Unit 2
70 South Lambeth Road
London
SW8 1RL
Telephone: 0207 735 5277
Fax 0207 735 3828
Web Address: http://www.allfie.org.uk
Email: info@allfie.org.uk





Bullying Online
Web Address: http://www.bullying.co.uk





DfES - Department for Education and Skills
Sanctuary Buildings,
Great Smith Street,
London SW1P 3BT.
Telephone: 0171 925 5000 (Explain your problem briefly and give the area of the Country you are in and you will be put through to the appropriate person.)
Web Address: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/

Useful booklets are available on request include;
Special Educational Needs - A Guide For Parents
Special Educational Needs Tribunal
Parents Factsheet





Enquire - Children In Scotland
Telephone: 0131 2222400
Special Education and help for children in Scotland
Web Address: http://www.childreninscotland.org.uk





Include - Charity tackling school exclusions
INCLUDE
2nd Floor
8 High Street
Ely
Cambridgeshire
CB7 4JY

Tel: +44 (01353) 650350
Fax: +44 (01353) 640450

Email: enquiries@include.org.uk
Web Address: http://www.include.org.uk





IPSEA - Independent Panel for Special Education Advice
4 Ancient House Mews,
Woodbridge,
Suffolk, IP12 1DH.
Freephone advice line number: 0800 0184016 (UK only)
Web Address: http://www.ipsea.org.uk/index.htm
Website includes downloadable support sheets.





KIDSCAPE
152 Buckingham Palace Road,
London SW1W 9TR,
Telephone: 0171 730 3300
Web Address: http://www.kidscape.org.uk
Special Area - Bullying.





Local Government Ombudsman
10th Floor, Millbank Tower
Millbank
London, SW1P 4QP
Telephone: 0845 602 1983 (Advice line, 9am-4.45pm Mon-Fri).
Email: enquiries@lgo.org.uk
Website: www.lgo.org.uk





NAGC - National Association for Gifted Children
Elder House,
Milton Keynes,
MK9 1LR.
Telephone: 01908 673677
Web Address: http://www.rmplc.co.uk/orgs/nagc/index.html





NASEN - National Association of Special Educational Needs
4/5 Amber Business Village,
Amber Close,
Amington,
Tamworth.
B77 4RP.
Telephone: 01827 311500
Web Address: http://www.nasen.org.uk/





National Portage Association
127 Monks Dale,
YEOVIL,
Somerset BA21 3J3.
Telephone: 01962 860148
Web Address: http://www.circ.uab.edu/Ipa/UK.htm

Special Area - Under fives





Network 81
1-7 Woodfield Terrace,
Chapel Hill,
Stansted,
Essex, CM24 8AJ.
Telephone: 01279 647415
Web Address: http://inclusion.uwe.ac.uk/network81/network81.htm



Parents for Inclusion
Unit 2
70 South Lambeth Road
London
SW8 1RL
Telephone: 020 7735 7735 - Admin line or 020 7582 5008 - Helpline: Tues, Wed, Thurs 10 - 12 pm and 1 - 3 pm
Web Address: http://www.parentsforinclusion.org
Email: info@parentsforinclusion.org





SNAP Cymru
SNAP Cymru
Tel: 01792 390028 and 029 2038 8776
Web Address: www.snapcymru.co.uk





SPSC (Supportive Parents of Special Children)
27 School Road
Totterdown
BRISTOL
BS4 3 BW
Telephone: 0117 977 2225 (Helpline) 0117 977 5289 (Admin & Fax)

A registered charity providing support to parents. It's aims are:
to ensure that children with special needs have equal educational opportunities
to enable parents of such children to support each other
to provide parents with information
to voice the views of parents and raise awareness of special educational needs issues
to encourage parents and professionals to work more closely together in the interests of the children
to work with other voluntary groups to benefit our children.





Other Useful Web Addresses

OFSTED - National Schools Inspectorate
This site has a full list of the latest reports on schools throughout the Country, which are available individually to download, free of charge.

British Educational Communications and Technology Agency

Special Needs Information Homepage

Education Otherwise
Specialists in home education.

Educational-Psychologist.co.uk
Specialists in home education.

Good School Guide
Here you can look for schools by name or location and see what SEN provision and how much experience they have in certain conditions a very useful resource.

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